CVE-2008-5508
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla / firefox | 2.0 | 2.0.0.19 |
| mozilla / firefox | 3.0 | 3.0.5 |
| mozilla / seamonkey | 1.0 | 1.1.14 |
| mozilla / thunderbird | 2.0 | 2.0.0.19 |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | 6.06.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | 7.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | 8.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 8.10 | 8.10.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 5.0 | 5.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 4.0 | 4.0.x |
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33547
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-66.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021426
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425046
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460803
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47414
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11040
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
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